The Return of Genre in 1990s Spanish Cinema: Industry, Legislative Changes and Economics
| Autor: | Vicente Rodríguez Ortega |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Cultural Studies
Literature and Literary Theory Visual Arts and Performing Arts business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050801 communication & media studies Art Film industry Movie theater 0508 media and communications 0502 economics and business 050211 marketing business Humanities media_common |
| Zdroj: | Hispanic Research Journal. 21:3-22 |
| ISSN: | 1745-820X 1468-2737 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14682737.2019.1635376 |
| Popis: | espanolEste articulo analiza la extraordinaria relevancia de los generos cinematograficos durante la primera parte de la decada de los noventa en Espana. Primero, aborda una serie de cambios legislativos durante los anos ochenta y noventa, y su influencia en la produccion filmica nacional. Segundo, analiza datos de taquilla de principios y mediados de los noventa, con especial atencion a la emergencia de nuevos agentes —empresas multimedia— en el campo de la produccion cinematografica. Tercero, examina el trabajo de dos cineastas —el duo Manuel Gomez Pereira/Joaquin Oristrell y Alex de la Iglesia— mediante un estudio detallado de sus trabajos cinematograficos. Simultaneamente, valora su estatus en las diferentes historiografias del cine espanol. Finalmente, analiza como los mencionados cineastas utilizan diferentes categorias genericas como herramienta clave en la evolucion del cine espanol, marcando el camino a una generacion posterior que cambiara significativamente la industria filmica nacional. EnglishThis article focuses on the key impact of genre in Spanish cinema in the early to mid-1990s. First, it addresses a series of legislative changes from the 1980s and 1990s and their influence on the national cinematic output. Second, it analyses box-office data in the early-to-mid 1990s while drawing attention to the emergence of new players—such as private multimedia enterprises—in the field of film production. Third, it examines the work of two different filmmakers—the duo Manuel Gomez Pereira/Joaquin Oristrell, and Alex de la Iglesia—studying both their cinematic works and their status in different historiographies of Spanish cinema. Finally, it discusses the above-mentioned filmmakers’ engagement with genre as a key development in the history of Spanish cinema, paving the way to a later generation of filmmakers who drew from the generic to significantly change the development of the national film industry. |
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